James Smurthwaite

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Videos

Casey Brown, Rene Wildhaber and Sergio Mantecon ride the new Trek Fuel EX in Madeira

On bike to unite them all?

Casey Brown, Rene Wildhaber and Sergio Mantecon ride the new Trek Fuel EX in Madeira

Videos

Pure Darkness 3 - Reynolds, MacDuff and Lacondeguy go stratospheric

Must watch

Pure Darkness 3 - Reynolds, MacDuff and Lacondeguy go stratospheric

Downhill Bikes

Saracen launches 2017 Myst Team carbon downhill bike with XL sizing

Plus a frame only option

Saracen launches 2017 Myst Team carbon downhill bike with XL sizing

Racing

Update: Loic Bruni to miss Lenzerheide World Cup

Let's hope he's fully fit for World Champs instead.

Update: Loic Bruni to miss Lenzerheide World Cup

Videos

Claudio Caluori's Tour de Pump

Who needs the Tour de France?

Claudio Caluori's Tour de Pump

Videos

Rob Warner tries cross country eliminator... and it still looks shit

Can't believe we gave up 4X for this

Rob Warner tries cross country eliminator... and it still looks shit

Videos

Watch Cam Zink ride Utah in 360 degrees

The future of mtb video?

Watch Cam Zink ride Utah in 360 degrees

Videos

Bernard Kerr - London (Surrey) living

Queenstown, Shmeenstown

Bernard Kerr - London (Surrey) living

Videos

Kendal Mountain Festival Bike Night returns to Bristol

Inspiration and good times comes to the Redgrave theatre

Kendal Mountain Festival Bike Night returns to Bristol

Videos

Six bikes one trail

... and one cool edit

Six bikes one trail

Videos

Propain Dirt Zelvy - BDS Moelfre 2016 recap

4x and downhill success for the lads

Propain Dirt Zelvy - BDS Moelfre 2016 recap

Videos

Cedric Gracia - I like it dirty

Only CG!

Cedric Gracia - I like it dirty

Videos

Highlights: Scottish Enduro Series round 3 - Glenlivet

Loamy Scottish enduro

Highlights: Scottish Enduro Series round 3 - Glenlivet

How To

A buyer's guide to downhill mountain bikes

What to look out for in your first downhill bike

A buyer's guide to downhill mountain bikes

Videos

Watch Johannes Fischbach's winning race run from the Bratislava urban downhill

The flying Fisch

Watch Johannes Fischbach's winning race run from the Bratislava urban downhill

Racing

Matt Simmonds and Manon Carpenter win 2016 Molfre BDS

A dominant weekend for Madison Saracen

Matt Simmonds and Manon Carpenter win 2016 Molfre BDS

Videos

Chris Akrigg and the Mongoose MTB Team ride Chile

Akrigg is on-point as always

Chris Akrigg and the Mongoose MTB Team ride Chile

Videos

Canada's finest loam? Chasing Trail Vedder Mountain

Hero dirt

Canada's finest loam? Chasing Trail Vedder Mountain

Features

Mountain biking reacts to the Brexit

People ain't happy

Mountain biking reacts to the Brexit

Features

The end is nigh - Trans Provence day five

Race to the sea

The end is nigh - Trans Provence day five

Features

15 of the funniest mountain biking memes

Remember mountain biking before the internet? When rides didn’t have to be GoPro‘d, Strava‘d and Instagrammed? We do miss those times, but one good thing...

15 of the funniest mountain biking memes

Videos

Nukeproof CRC Paypal at Crankworx Les Gets 2016

A week of good times for CRC Paypal

Nukeproof CRC Paypal at Crankworx Les Gets 2016

Videos

Norco Factory Racing 2016 World Tour: episode 3 - Fort William, Leogang and Crankworx Les Gets

Catch up with Blenky and crew

Norco Factory Racing 2016 World Tour: episode 3 - Fort William, Leogang and Crankworx Les Gets

News

New Rampage venue to be bigger and more natural for 2016

Big changes afoot for Rampage

New Rampage venue to be bigger and more natural for 2016

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